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Committee-room, Queen's Head, Newcastle, Feb. 16, 1826. To the PROPRIETORS OF EAST INDIA STOCK. LainEs AND GENTLEMEN, N reference to my Address.ot the 17th 'dant, I beg leave to annex a copy - of the very flattering Resolutions which have been unanimously passAl at a nume rous and most respectable meeting of Proprietors, held this day, at the City or London Tavern. Grateful as I feel for these high testimonials of approbation, I Venture to hope that they will be considered by the Proprie tors at large, as strengthening coy pretensions to their favour; and th a t, a id e d by the kind and zealous exertions of my Friends, 1 may entertain confident expectations of success. I have the honour to remain, Ladies and Gentlemen, Your obedient and devoted Servant, HENRY ALEXANDER. • 37, Upper Harley-street, Feb. 2t.), 1826. Al' a numerou4 and highly respectable• M E ET. ING of PROPRIETORS ofEAST INDIA STOCK, held at the City or London Tavern, on the 20th of February, 1826 ; JOHN IRVING, Esq. 31. Y. in the Chair. The following Resolutions were passed unanimously Ist. Proposed by Sir CHARLES ,lunnes, Bart. 1.P.3 and. secondixl by ROBERT CUTLAR FERGUSON,' Esq. That Mr. Henry Alexander is, in the opinion of this Meet ing-, well qualified to supply t he Vacancy in the East India Direction, occasioned by the retirement of John Iludle ston, Esq. 2d. Proposed by Sir JAMES SHAW, Bart. and seconded by E. J. CU RTEIS, Esq. M.P. That in the various situations which Mr. Alexander has filled during- a residence of sixteen years in India, first in the Corn- Mercial Department of the Company's Civil Service, and sub. sequently in the management of the concerns of an eminent House or Agency at Calcutta, he has maintained a character of tbe highest honour, integrity, and independence—has given many proofs of his industry and capacity for business—and has enjoyed opportunities of acquiring local information, particu. billy on .Mercantile subjects connected with India, which may be applied with considerable advantage to the administration of the Company'a afihirs. U. Proposed by JOHN DARBY, Esq. and seconded by Tor -G eneral Et; ERTON. That with these impressions of Mr. Alexander's pretensions to the countenance and support of the Proprietors of East . Indian Stock, it is the determination of this Meeting tnpromote, by every effort in their power, his Election to the Vacant Seat in the D.rection. JOHN IRVING, Chairman. Mr. Irving having quitted the Chair, .it was moved by ED. %emit) FLETCHER, Esq. seconded by Colonel ALSTUN, and Resolved Unanimously, . . . That the Thanks of this Meeting be given to John Irving, Esq. for. his very able conduct in the chair. DROVINCIAL BANK OF ENGLAND 41.. AND WALES.--The various applicants on the subject of the Shares in this highly important National Company ,are informed, that It is intended the. Shares shall be only Shares of TWO POUNDS each, and that the whole of such sum be paid down at the time of subscribing, in order that the real, and not the nominal, Capital of the Company may be at once known, and the final arrangements made according to the gross amount subscribed. The very numerous applications ibr Shares already made will be unavailing, as DO application can be considered until the Plan is finally 32ttled, anti the names of the Governors announced. 36, New Broad-street, • WILKS and VERBEKE, 20th Feb. 1826. Solicitors. ACLERGYMAN, Married, Beneficed,. and resident a convenient distance from London, his Pupils limited to Six, would be glad to fill a VACANCY with n (letitleman's Son, whose Health or Education may require More than usual attention. Letters to be addressed to the Rev. H. S., Messrs. Harding and Lepard, Booksellers, 4, Pall Mall East, London. DETONATING AND FLINT GUNS, PLATE AND PLATED GOODS. 7 COLLINS, n ) VIGO-LANE, RE • GENT-STREET (sole successor to Wilson) begs to inform Sporting Gentlemen; that he has the Largest Collection in London,* of Town-made Detonating Guns, by all the Prin ciple Makers, whichie is enabled to sell at nearly Half their Original Cost. Several Air Guns and Rifles, by Staudenmeyer. Duelling, Holster, and Pocket Pistols, in great variety. He also continues to keep a larg e Stock of SHEFFIELD PLATED ARTICLES of th e best workmanship, also a quantity of Second-hand Plate, Watches, Jewellery, &c. which he can sell Unusually Low. N. B. No connection with any other House, No. 12, Vigo. lane, two doors front the Quadrant. WESTERN REPOSITORY, NEW-ROAD, REGENT'S PARK. NOTICE. ---The Trustees of the CAR[ NET MAKERS' SOCIETY most respectfully inform the Nubility, Gentry, and the Public in general, that they have taken that magnificent Gothic Building, late the REGHNCY SAZAAR, situated in the NEW-ROAD, b e t ween Mary-le bonne N ew Church and Baker-street, in addition to their Old Haablishinent, 7 1, LEADENHALL-STREET, which wtll he OPENED on MONDAY, the 27th instant, with an Eiteniiva Assortment of all kinds of Cabinet and Upholstery kiooth. The astonishing increase of trade, owing to the distin guished and liberal patronage they have received from many of the first Families in the kinggdom, has induced the Tell!. tees to augment their Establishment, and they beg to avail thrupelves of this opportunity to return their grateful thanks for the decided preference they have experienced, and they do aver that their best exertions shall be exercised to onerit a continuance of such unexampled eneouragement and :public favour. A large quantity of handsome Patterns in Paper to he sold very c h eap . • N.8.,1 regular Registry Book kept for Disposing of and Letting Houses, and no Charge wade for Entry; and Plate 1 -;lass Warehouse.. FOR COLDS, COUGHS, ASTHMAS. &o. UTLER'S PECTORAL ELIXIII.---Ex. • . perience during a very long period, has incontestibly roved the superior efficacy of this Medicine!. in all cases of t ,i a lds. Coughs, a nd Asthmatic A ff ections. By promoting gen ."' expectoration, it very shOrtly relieves the Patient of a slight or recent Cold, .and a few doses are generally sufficient to "'move those'Which neglect has rendered more confirmed and obstinate, and Which are accompanied with Cough, spitting a t Blood, and, other serious symptoms. Its peculiar balsamic r v eert tend to heal soreness, and allay the irritatio* of the in cases of Cough; find in Asthmatic Affections it as -"its and gives freedom to the Breath. Sold in Bottles, at Is. tad. and 2s . 9d. by Butlers, Clic mist),4, Cheap s id e , corner of St. Paul's; and 54. Sacliville ;treet, Dubli n; S avory an d C o . 1 3 e, N ew B on d -street ; an d .:?0, gent -s treet; Re and by the principal Medicine Venders throughout the United Kingdom. BUTLER%Of whom may be had, BA 'LSAMIC LOZENGES, need In recent 401 4014. lloarseness, & c. and for rendering the Voice Clear and Flexible, and protectin g its Or ans from the effects of exertion. In Box es , Is. 14d. g B, Be careful to ask for Butler's Pectoral Elixir. NOTICE TO ARTISTS. A LL WORKS of PAINTING, SCULP 111. TURE, and ARCHITECTURE; intended for the en suing: EXRIBITION at the ROYAL ACADEMY, must be sent to.on MONDAY, the 3d, or by Six o'Clock on-TUES DAY, the 4th of April, after which time none can possibly be received, The particulars necessary to be attended to may be oh . tairied by application at the Royal Academy. HENRY HOWARD, ILA, Sec. )IA NO'FORTES.—Several Elegant ROS E• WOOD and MAHOGANY SIX-OCTAVE NANO- FortTES, equal to any made, for fine touch and brilliant tone, worth the attention of private purchasers or dealers ; lilt hear the. strictest inspection ; warranted to stand well in tune. To he sold much under the usual price charged for snch Instruments ; and when the most decided satisfaction is nut given, to he exchanged by applying to the Manufacturer, IL rtossELL, Broad-street, Golden,square; Manufactory in New-street.—Piano Fortes taken in exchange. - ' THE TAILORS AND GENERAL OUT. FITTING SOCIETY, N 0.90, STRAND, LONDON. THE Object of this House is to give Constant Employment to Good Workmen, and also to supply . Industrious Females with Plain York in the READY MADE LINEN and MIFITTING DI'PAR I'MENT. The Visible Advantage of Purchasing Manufactured Goods for CASH at such a periotras the present, enables E. PAYNE and CO. to sell at such Prices as defy Competition. Dress Coats, from . • .1.:1 50t0£3 3 0 Great Coats • - - -210 0 315 0 •Doublr.milled Kerseymere Tro-wsees t i 0 1 5 0 Breeches - - . 0 18 0 1 6 0 Waistcoats - - U 7 6 0 IC 0 Travelling Cloaks - - 110 0 ' 210 0 Dressing Gomm - . 0 14 0 1 1 0 Good Shirts for India . • 1 10 0 per Dozen. Hose . - . - 0 7 6 Ditto. Sheets - - . 0 8 0 per Pair. Pillow Cases - - - 014 0 per Dozen. Night Cpps - - . 0 4 0 Ditto. Jean lickels • • • 0 4 6 Light Trowsers - . 0 6 0 per Pair. * 4 * Linen Shirts' of every Quality ready for immediate Use, and all other articles equally Low. rr Gentlemen and others going Abroad, will find Great Advantage by an earl , / Application to the Agents. *„• Opposite gouthatuptou-street, Strand : ! ! PARLIAMENT. HOUSE OF LORDS, FEB. 20. ‘NKRUPTCIES. Mr. CRAY TEn from the Treasury presented an Account of the number of Bankruptcies in Scotland, from the Ist of Jan. to 'the 4th of February, 1020, distinguishing ' those of Bankers.—Emid on the table. BANK OF ENCILAND; Mr. BEST from the Bank presented o= copy of the Corte snde between his Majesty's Government and the Gover nor and Deputy Governor of the Bank of England, relative to the purchase of Exchequer Bills. Laid on the table, and on the motion of the Earl of ,Latr- DEnnALE, ordered to be printed. Lord ELLEximito tr an moved for Returns of the number of Bank of England Notes in circulation on the lath of February of the present year. NEGRO SLAVERY. Earl SPENCER. presented a petition from the Ministers and Inhabitants of the Parishes of Burchester and Woßerton, in the county of Northampton, praying for the gradual Abolition of Negro Slavery.—Laid or the table. The Bishop of BATH and WELLS presented a similar , pe tition from the Mini s t er an d i n h a bi tants o f the parish of el lington, in the county of Somerset.-..-Laid on the table. CORN LAWS Lord KING h e ld a p O etition against . the Landlords' Act, that Job of Jobs, or in other words, the Corn Laws, from the Inhabi tants of the city of Brecon. When the House should come to the discussion of those laws he should attend to the recommendation of the Noble Earl opposite, and treat the subject dispassionately; but the difficulty was to know when the discussion should come on. Last year the Noble Earl said that it should be this; this year it was to be the next, and it might go on so for ever. The fact was that the present Parliament was on its death bed, and the Noble Earl was unwilling to disturb its last moments. Though an opponent to the Catholics, he still preserved some of the practices of their church. In this instance he had no doubt had secret recourse to the right of confession, and finding the expiring Parliament obdurate, he would not give it the Via. licurn in articsdo moral,. That Parliament, however, had done many things, and better ones than that of 1815,' which was now dead and gone, and loaded with the execration of mankind... The petition was then laid on the table. BANK Lord KING lamented the fatality which seemed to attend and to defeat the best speeches and measures of 'Ministers. At the very moment when the Noble Earl opposite war convincing their Lordships on Friday night, that all the evils of the coun. try were to be ascribed to th e state o f i ts currency, and that it was impossible for a circulation of paper and one of gold to co-exist, his Lieutenant in another place (the Chancellor of the, Exchequer), was giving up the very principle and allowing those ribbon notes to circulate in preferepce to gold. He was sorry that the Noble Earl's arguments should have been an. swered and overthrown by , his own acts. He thought that they had all come to the conclusion that the country had been torn to pieces by its currency, and that the Bank of England and the country banks had made excessive issues : but after this specimen of inconsistency he expected to find it maintained that the currency was in the best possible state, and that both the. Bank of England and the country banks had been most wise and prudent in their issues. It was impossible to know what conclusion would next be come to. Many individuals seemed to consider the inequalities of the circulation a source of advantage: lint if they wished for the high prices of 1825, let them recollect that they might be followed by the low ones of 1020. They liked a machine which .went by jerks, but nothing more dangerous to property could be conceived.__ The only cure for inequalities would be a large metallic cir. culation. He should wish to see twenty or thirty millions of sovereigns afloat, and then prices would be steady. lie should therefore not only be inclined to abolish 11. notes but even 5 and 101. ones. The Earl of LIVERPOOL contended that nothing bad been done or proposed that was in any degree at variance with the principle of the Bill introduced in the other House, or with the statement which he himself had made to their Lordships. He had certainly declared, and continued to think, that it was the duty of Parliament to legislate for the establishment of a metallic currency, and Athat a paper circulation of the same denomination and a gold one could not possibly go on toge ther. But if the'Noble Lord had done him the honour to at tend to what he said, he would have found that at the close of his speech he had stated the very proposition which was then making in another place, and which the Noble Lord now repre sented as having defeated the object whirls his Majesty's Go vernment had in view in proposing the Bill. The object was to get rid altogether of the circulation of the 11. anti 21. notes : but they had found that it could not be done suddenly and at once. They had stopped the stamping of Country Bank notes forth with, and had allowed three years for their gradual and final sup pression. But how stood the question owith respect to the Bank "England i' fly the - Act of 1822 that Bank had been authorised to issue I/. and 21. notes, but it had never issued any of them, and its circulation had been wholly metallic tallest December, when after a eoosultation with his Majesty's Government, they hail issued 11. notes to meet the sudden emergency created by the convulsions in the commercial world. 'I hese notes had not even been circulated in the metropolis, but had been sent to the various parts of the country where failures had taken place. lie stated this in order to show that the Bank of England had no object of its own in issuing notes. Nay it was against Its interests, for it wa s a l oser b y i t, and i t h a d on ly d one it to relieve the distresses of the country at the moment. Since the Bill had been introduced in the other House, it had become known that many of the Country Bankers in. stead of availing themselves or the period of three years, allowed for the expiration of their small notes, had cancialed them at once. This was not the intention of the measure, which was to operate gradually ; and lest a sudden revolu , tion of that kind in the currency shquld prove injurious, his Majesty's Ministers - had thought it right, with a view to meet ing. a possible danger, to give a latitude to the Bank to extend its issues of If. and 21. notes, without, however. altering the period assigned for their abolition. The sole object being to meet a contingent n ecess i ty , he slid not expect there could be any objection to the introductien of such a clause in the Bill, especially as he should- be willine• that it be necomranied with any kind of guards, either a !Jeerer to call on the Bank for monthly accounts of the ll.' mites issued, or any other provision which might prevent the possihilty of abase. The effect of the measure, he was convinced would •trot be to extend the circu lation beyond any , momentary nectsgiey which might arise. As to the'observations of the Noble BariiCtipposite respecting flue tuatimis, he perfectly agreed with tlietn, and had himself laid down the principle on - Friday, that the duty of the Legislature wile to prevent fluctuations as' much as poseible; not to lOok at high orlow prices, but to keep the great Machine of commerce end agriculture, as nearly 4.1 it could be done, on a level. - The Marquis of LANSDOWN wets bound to accept the Noble Earl's assurance, that the,micil no disposition m the Banleibi" England to abuse the pirrklitrosted to them, or any wish on the part of the Noble Carl himself; that there should be any issue of paper to it, degree which might affect the ex changes. But the Noble Earl must feel, that if such a clause were unfortunately e d n ii tte d, w i t h nut efficient guards, a power would be committed to the Bank, Which• Would enable it, if it pleased, to defeat the. whole scope of the measure. For not having to come to the Stamp Office, in consequence of the ar. rangetnent whieh it had long since concluded, it might pour forth at once such a quantity of notes, were not guards prb vided, as to deluge the whole country for some years. lie was not nrepared to say, that this deviation from the original Bill might not be so guitriled, as to prove unexceptionable; otherwise it would be highly dangerous; but he trusted that the Noble Earl contemplated, and would propose sufficient guards. The Earl of LIVERPOOL, repeated that the power was granted to the Bank merely to guard against a possible danger. Should the Bill not contain sufficient guards when it reached their Lordships as to render the abuse of that power by the Bank impossible, he should be ready to concur in any' amendment which might be proposed. The Earl of ROSEBERRY wan doubtful whether some or the measures proposed, however sound in principle, might not , aggravate the existing distress. The only way of placing the Banking system on a solid foundation would be to pat an end to the relations which had se long existed between the Bank of England and the tlovernment. Lie did not mean to oppose the measure for abolishing small notes in Scotland when it should be brought forward, but he hoped that Parliament would pause, and instead of acting on its theoretical excellence, would ascer tain its effect in practice, by an extensive' inquiry, before it gave its sanction to the measure. The Noble -Earl then ex pressed his opinion that the Usury Laws had served to energise considerably , the embarrassments and difficulties of the last three months, and that their repeal would be beneficial. The Earl f LIMERICK approved of the establishment of a metallic currency in Ireland, but was afraid of any sudden re volution, and conceived that to take away the paper circulation as once, would be pregnant with danger to the country; lie hoped that full time would be afforded for providing a suffi cient quantity of bullion before small notes were abolished. The Earl of BLESSINOTON said that. the only danger apprehended in Ireland was that paper should be taken away before gold was procured Nothing would suit the Irish nation better than making silver to a certain amount a legal tender. The Earl of LIVERPOOL assured knit Noble Earls that when the measure should be Introduced, due attention would be paid to the circumstances of the country. The - fact was, that Ireland had not partaken in the late distresses. She had had her crisis two or three years ago, and had been recovering ever since. And to what did she chiefly owe her recovery? To the measure which had curtailed the exclusive privileges of the Bank of Ireland, and had authorised the establishment of Chin': teted Banks in the country. During the existence•of the Bank restrictions in England, gold was so abundant in Ireland, 'that rents were paid in that metal. The Earl of LAUDERDALE maid that it was because some individuals would only take their rents in gold. • But then five hundred guineas sent down from DeWitt and passed from hand to hand served to pay the whole ; so that the show of gold was no proof of its abundance. The Earl of ROSE BERRY inquired whether it was intend ell to propose any measure respecting the abolition ' o f s ma ll notes in Scotland, dUring the present Session.- The Earl of LIVERPOOL replied in the affirmative with respect to Scotland . and Ireland, though ho wait not yet pre pared to state the details of the measure. .• The - Earl of LAUDERDALE trusted that the • Noble Earl would pause when he should find that-it was the opinion of every individual of every class in Scotland that that country owed its prosperitrto the Judicious mode in which its currency was carried on, and that to interfere with it would be attended with general ruin. BANK CHARTER. The Order of the Day having been read, and the House having gone into a Committee on the Kink Charter Alteration Bill, The Earl of LIVERPOOL said, that it had been originally imagined that s the law noWitood the Bank of England was authorised to form Branch Banks of its own thronghout the country. On, inquiry,:,however, it' had been found that the Bank possessed the right of' establishing ; agencies, but with. out giving them the discretionary power necessary to enable them to carryon Banking: A clause had been drawn up with the view of removing all doubts upon that point, and giving the Bank fall authority to establish branches of its own when ever it should think proper. Although ere' hoped that if the Bank abstained from doing so. its 4 liberality would alloW the establishment of Chartered Banks where they were wanted, yet he' thought it fair' that the power and choice should be left entirely with the Dank, and that all nbstructiOns should be expunged out of the existing law. With respect to the clause which he held, he should propose that it should be read, the Bill recommitted and the Report received on. Friday next, when the remaining discussion might betaken Mt that stage. The Alarquis of LANSDOWN did, yet wish to offer the slightest oppoiition to any donee which , iiisum enable the Bank to try an experiment mextreniely important to its Own bite - mats and to those of th e c oun t r y ; b ut h e wis hed to impress on the . Noble Earl the necessity, whilst supplying every facility to the establishment of Branch Banks, that they should be obliged pay in gold wherever they were established and their issues were made. Difficulties had arisen on that point in Ireland, which it would be proper to anticipate and prevent in this country. Nord ELLENBOROIJOII considered the clause proposed one of the mos t useful of the whole 11111, and that every en. cot T ir h ag e o l m ,o e , i: D shOuld be given to the establishment of Branch Banks, in order to drive the CoUntry Banks' paper out of cir. culetion. i i n age autl o i i bee the below i3iia the nd t Ra o e p r ( l i r n i j v l t a ll o s u t ( t :t E l i ntliettirnicarßidn c in lauses, ) I j ° w c w c h t e t c o e n e t t h l ;leuhlnannt wording did not do justice to the intentions of the trainers of the measure. The Earl of LAUDERDA id would wish to have an op. portonity of eonsidering the alterations taade in the Billbefore he was called upon to vote its adoption. • - • k The Earl of LIVERPOOL had no objection to the re. printing of the Bill with its amend:tents, before the discussion should take place next Friday on the bringing up of the Report. The House then resumed, and the Bill was ordered to be re: committed to.rnorrow.—Adjourned. HOUSE OF COMMONS. A Person from the Bank of England presented an Account of the Balances of Public illenev in the hands of th e B a nk. Various Petitions f r om individuate were MISCELIJANEOVS. presented against the Liverpool and Birmingham Railwlty Bill. T wo of t h em that the course ofrfoitititeliwiro.rknh-ay(tittbt:enndaft,oetrdedAnson, complained since they- consented to be sub. l, scribers.—Referred to the -Standing Order Comniittee: Petitions w ere a l io pres ented in favour of, and aga i nst t h e Alenchest er an d Li verpoo l R a ilway Bill.7Laitl on the table. Air. Ald erman W oo presented a petition fro m certa i n I n - Sir. E.similar petition from certainhabitants of Mark-lane, end the streets adjac.tnt, in favour of a new Corn Alark e t.—L a id on the table. Corn tirowers an d D ea l ers In the County of -I:sse s . Lain on the table. HARvEY presented a Sir T. Acr.Arti presente d n petition from the inhabitants of Biddeford, in the County of Devon, praying a' repeal of the Assessed Taxes.—O r d e red to be printed. General PHI PPS p roe m," petitions from certain Fishermen on the Yorkshire Coast, - praying the continuance of Bounties to the Fisheries.--baid on the table; . 111 r. Serjeant Otis Low presented a petition from an dual against the Usury Laws.—Ordered to be printed. SLAVERY. Mr. M. A. TAYLOR presented a petition numerously sied. from the City of Durham, in favour of the abolition of C o lonial Slavery.—Ordered to be printed. Similar Petitions were presented from the County of Derby, by Mr. MuNDY ; froin StrOud and Painswick, in the County of Gloucester, by Sir W. Guist ; front Wednesbury, by Mr. 14Y TTLETox ; from Warmins er, by Mr. BE'NETT ; front Chipping Norton, froin'Le4dx, 'Selby, and from Hub, by Mr, Sirkts ; from Milborne and Wellington, by Sir T. LETIMRIDOE ; from Barton, from Caine, and Dunbar, by Mr. AUEitonostirr ; from Ballitore, by Mr,'S. Rica: ; and from Bury, by Sir W. Rowtt Y. The Petitions were severay.ordered to be printed. SILT. TRADE. Lord ALTHORPE presented a petition front certain Silk Throwsters, against the importation of French Silks. A similar Petition was presented from Stamford, by Capt. PE 111 C Y.—Ordered to be printed. • BANK OF ENGLAND SIM ALL NOTES. M.'p. GRENFELL said; that he wished . to move for re turns, shewing the amount of Bank of England notes in cit.- dilation on Saturday last, under the value of five pounds.-- He was informed that the Bank Directors had no objection to such returns being Made, and if the • Government had none, ,he would move for them without notice, It' he was to be opposed; he would give the notice for totnorrow. Mr. }TERRIES said that if the Bank of England had no objection; he should think the Government could have none. The Motion was then put for nn Account of the Amonnt of Promissory Notes of the Governor and Cbmpany of the Bank of England, under the value of 51., that were in dr, dilation on the evening' of Saturday, the 18th of February.— Ordered! SMALL DEBTS. Mr. WYTILL presented a petition from the Merchants and others of the City of York, praying the House to pass a law to facilitate the recovery of Small Debts. Mr. HOBHOUSE asked whether it was the intention of his Noble Friend (Lord Aithorpe) to introduce the measure which was lost last year. Lord ALTHOR PE expressed his conviction that it was use. hss for any Individual Member of that House to attempt to carry through such a measure. Having had the cordial 'support of those Members of the Government who sat in that House, they must have seen the necessity of some legislation upon the sub. ject, and he therefore hoped that they would not let it escape their attention. The petition Was ordered to he printed. Mr. lIORROLTSE presented a petition from an individual, praying that measures may be taken for eifttalizing the price of Corn.—Laid on the table. Mr. Alderman WOOD presented a petition from James Nirhite, of Plymouth, praying that in all Turnpike Bills a clause might be inserted to compel the making or causeways fUr the convenience of foot passcngers.—Laid oh the table. KENRICK. Mr. DENNISON prevents d a petition from Mr. Kenrick, which he desired to have printed, and put into the hands of :limbers by to-morrow morning, so that they might have an opportunity of reading it before they had to decide upon the case. The petition was then read by the Clerk. The SPEAKER observed, that the document which had been read was nota petition, as it contained no prayer ; and he knew not in what character the House could receive It. After some conversation between Mr. Wynn, Mr. Aber. croinhy, Mr. Denison, and Mr. Secretary Peel, the petition was wandrawn i on the ground that it only contained matters of statement which Mr. lie,nrick's Counsel would have an op portunity of laying betbre the House. PAR LIAM E WARY PRIVILEGE. Mr. TIOLFORD called the attention of the House to a nutter Which he considered as involving n breach of its prlvi leges. He had to complain of having been summoned to attend upon a Jury in the Court of Exchequer notwithstand ing the exemption which he understood to he the right of Members of Parliament while attending to the discharge of their do ties.• Mr. DA VENPORT said ho had to complain of having been placed in a similar situation. • Mr. SCA R LETT said, :as we understood) that the oecnpa. tions ofa Member of Parliament might be an excise in such a case; but he was not aware that any privilege or the House protected him from being summoned. Mr: WYNN contend r ed, that while the Parliament was sit. ting, its privileges were violated by compelling a Ilember to attend a Jury in a Court of Law. Mr. SCARLET!' made an observation which we under. stood to he in support of the opinion he had before expressed. Mr. ELLICE said, that he had been one of the unfortunate persons placed in this disagreeable situation t and that he hod been fined for ncin.attendance, after his case had been discussed in the Court. • ' Secretary PEEL said, that his understanding of the words introduced into the Act was, that it exempted Members from such attendance. The exemption was not more particu larly specified, because he thought the privilege was an under stood protection. If, however, there was any doubt upon the. point, the better way would be to introduce other words into the Act, which should make them be excused by law. r. A BE ItORO M B If thought that Members of Parliament ought to be exempted from such claims on their time during the sitting of Parliament. After a few further observations of the same nature from Mr. SCARLETT, Mr. J. VirttAtAms, and Mr. Secretary PEEL, it waft agreed, upon the suggestion of Mr. WY NN—. ,•: hiss Ow matter of the said complaint be refered to a Com• aldose of Privileges to examine the same and decide upon it. "And that it be an instruction to the said Committee to enter their decision upon the minutes." • 'Mr: HUME Moved for a Return of the Amount of the Four and Half per Cent. Duties levied in the West India Islands for the last year, and the amount of Pensions payable thereon. —Ordered. Also fdr an Account of all Seizures of Spirits effected in tit; district of Dublin withitt the last year, stating what fines were imposed, with the names of the persons, and whether the same have been levied or remitted.—Ordered., COLONIAL JUDICATURE. bora NUGENT begged to ask the lion. Secretary for the Colonial Department, whether it was the intention of Govern mem to intro*tuee•a Bill into the Howse for the better regule. tionof Courts'of Justice in the NVett India Islands. Mr. W. HORTON said, that the Report of the Commis. sioners, who 'had been inquiring into this particular subject, was expected in a month, and it would then he for the Go. vernmont to consider of seine measure, and submit it to the House. Lord NUGENT was of opinion that the information already possessed by the House was quite satisfactory. He gave a con.. ditienal notice, that if the Government bad not into:ductal 4 Measure of this kind before the first open day after Easter, he should then do so himself. kir. W. WHITMOUE moved for Returns of the quantity of Foreign Rape Seed imported into tlreat Britain during the last three years.—Ordercd. Lord , FOIXSTONE presented a Petition from William Cobbett, which he recommended to the particular attention of the House. The Noble Lord highly commended the talents or the writer, and had great pleasure in pre sentin g the Petition, because it contained his own sentiments upon the subject of the measures now before the House. It prayed the House to re. duce the taxation of the country to what it was before thesmall paper money supplante d t hp coin of the King, before they attempted to restore a metallic currency. The Petition fir thee stated, that the poorer classes of the country had been f d brought into a state oegr adation and misery such a s h a d never the ht : Petitioner's re, before een heard p o by the acts of that Meuse, 1 tione had been verified to the letter. and that all Colonel JOHNSON commended the Petition, and expressed his regret that the Ministers had relinquished the principle of their ineftsurft.—The Petition was ordered to be printed. PROMISSORY NOTES BILL. The en ANCEL Lon of the Excuttati sae moved the O r d er o f t h e Day for going into Committee on th e a b ove Bi ll. lewd A. 1 1 A AI I LTO N wished to put a question to the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether or not it was intended to put the Scotch Currency on the same footing with the English. A feeling had gone abroad in consequence of what th e Right Hon, Gentleman had said on a former night, that it was in tended to stop the circulation of Scotch notes. Numerous meetings were now held in various parts of the country against the measure, and the Noble Lord was commissioned to get a definite answer on the aubject—svhether or not such a design . was in contemplation for.the present SE:ssior. The CHANCELLOR of the EXCHERUER thought the Noble Lord had misappieliendoti his meaning. Ile'clM not in- , tend to mix up the two questions of Scoteli and English cur- , rency in one . Bill. He was aware that a . considerable difference existed between the currency cif the two countries;' but then he conceived that it would be attended with extreirie inconvenience to have one permanent pleasure fur England and another rot Scotland. Feeling that initertainty in the publla mind on such a matter, was by all means to he avoided, he would,take 000a.4 sion to tall the attention of the liOuse on the subject in thii course of the present Session. 31r. P. GRENFELL wished 'that an account of the circa , lation of 11. notes should be presented_ evirx , ;loan er in tilt Gazette. Mr. CALCRAFT would not oppoiethe Tzjll IflCallerect country bankers a concurrent power with the Bank of Ragland to issue I/. notes. Not receiving any intitnation of assent (min the Chancellor of the Exchequer, he would theta hie amend 4 menu The Right Hon. Gentleman did not venture to call for a Bill for Scotland and England at, the same time. He would postpone his measure for the for Mer, till he had secured his Bill for English curreney by the help of Scotch Members. The new modification of the Bill was not introduced till the ,Right Hon. Gentleman had found out that we were at a loss tar a metallic currency. Al demand liad :been made upon the Bank for 600,000 aovereiglie, tind as they, could not be supplied, it was 'now intended to settle a proper circulating medium for England. Ireland. and Scotland. In Ireland, the circulation consisted almost entirely of it. notes. 'Could the Chancellor of the Exchequer satiety the Ilouae, that he Was acting upon the first principle of his .Bill, as originally proposed before the Speaker left the Chair? Mr. WHITMORIi after drawing an analogy between the present period and that preceding the year 1793, *hewed, that when the amount of paper in circulation was mall s ,anti that of gold great, there existed a natural tendency to Recite niulation in bank issues. Il e w a s co ns e quen tly f or a larger ex , pension of the measure before the House. It was true. that in its present shape it went as far as the country could well beat under existing circunistancee; but he Could see that if its prin ciple was not extended at a future period, ten years would not elapse before the country would be involved in deeper, mbar- , raeaments, that it had yet endured. lie then proceeded to dis cuss some proposed remedies, amongst the , rest Air. Ricardo'l plan, to which he objected on account of the task of friction and other causes, which, he said, Mr. Ricardo hinticif aid not inresee. In conclusion, lie suggested a measure of which be was inclined to think favourably---namely, the adoption of a Mint , Note Issued upon bullion,.depoeite.d as a pledge. Mr. DIABERLEY complained of the measures which had taken place between Government and the Batik. Two million* of Exchequer-bills mentioned some nighte since were taken our of the market to prevent a depreciation in their currency. Ex• chequer-bills had been depreciated Cis. per cent. A proposition for the issue of five millions of Exchequer-bills had been rejected, because that would add to the deprecietion which Government attempted to relieve by the purchuse of the two millions. The Bank . was allowed to proceed as they liked in the amount of their issues, which, however extensive noW, if the exchanges turned tie, they would suddenly contraet, and that would be gin to bring on the panic again., • fie would move tier intro clueing certain clauses into the Rill. In the first place he would have it enacted that there should be monthly reporte üblished in the Gazdte, of the amount of bank-notes in circulation for the preceding month. The public,.Who would he the sufferers by over-issues, had a right to this check 'upon then, the bee neticial effects of which were experienced' ei Franca; The other clauses for which he would move Were, that the exs changes, with the real par, should be published monthly ; and also an account of Exchequer Bilis bold, paid Ml', or other. wise disposed of; and finally', an account of the imports and. exports of the country, which Wereimportant as affecting the rate of etchithge. During the last ten - years the exports of .Britain exceeded her imports by two millions , ekt4' a half. He admitted great fairness in the acts of the Clfaneeßeir of the Exchequer, but on the present occasion, he sald'the'Right Honourable Gentleman was not so candid as usual. He ought to speak out at once, amid put Scotland on the same footing with England. Mr. II I1:111: was sorry that he could not pttritte the reason. ings which were offered fair the causes of the diattese to a sound conclusion. If the Chancellor of the Exchequer Were' right, the came lay in the over-imaue of a few millions in one pound notes. Yet in support of the propoeition no' 000111151lt what. soever was produced to slew the Ilottse that there was an ov e r. issue of one potmd notes to any extent. Whenever any little over-issue had occurred the evil always cured itself.— Those who tmdertook to remedy the. Banking System, led the House astray, by putting forward assumptions in stead of proofs. It was said :. d that there were 21 'millions of excess in the paper currency in June, and 25 . in 'February.— Nnw where wile the index to prove that this wins an excess, and that the paper ri o t represent property in gold and silver He conceived that the whole of the diffieulttea were' tote laid at the•iloor of Ministers, whose measures lett to tlittiitictuae tions which rendered property so uncertain. LS 5. supposing the assigned cause of distress to be the true one, whic b , how. ever, he mad not admit, the encrease in the notes did net keep pace with that' in the 61. notes, the issue of which was tritiled'in 1024 ; that of the 11. notes ?laving been only dint bled.. Why not then restrain the issue or 51. 'Tinto and where, as well its 11. notes ? To a metallic currency he had ninny nbjactions, having witnessed the evils attendant upon it in Intlia; -. where it wait frequently necessary to convey a stun of tnoney to ti distant quarter in two carts, under an escort of Sepoys. venience occasioned the establishment of a bank there /lantern years ago. In' that bank Governntent was not allowed to hot. row money though they had many shares in it as ProPrietpra. —A metallic circulation alone therefore would never nnawer. It would be proper that a Committee should be appointed to consider 'the proper measures which ought to be adoared with, regard to alp currency, which the Crown alone- :theta have the power to issue, and with which no individual ih6ultt by permitted to interfere. As matters' DOW stool, Minister* left the country to be plundered by sharpers. While the law assigned a punishment to fraud, 'persona were patmittad to set up a bank who could scarcely pay for the preiniaes they occupied. A want of confidence on the 'part tit' rho public naturally resulted from this practice, and hence cattle all the evil. If a standard were necessary for weights and meae sures, surely it watt no less so for the currency. Ile'tild not charge the origin of the evil upon the Chancellor of the'Exche. suer, but an immediate convertibility of paper into sPecie was desirable, which could not he effected by suppressing the ono pound notes. He entered into an enumeration of all the loans to foreign States., anti estimated the capital extracted front the country at 34 Millions. The proposed substitution of Atil 11. notes would withdra* six millions more from cur &anmer fiat capital. Illinisters, he wad, were becomitig the dittelples of Cobbett, and acting tipon his doctrines, were doing tin inures as nitwit harm as he could poisibly have done. A faerptoteste ing against the attempt to abstract so much 'capital, which he contended must aggravate the real cause of our preaent tits. trees, he moved as an amendment, " That -4 Select Comotit tee be appointed . to consider of the best mode to plitrebtrolting in England on a better footing, to secure the holders or Bank notes from 'loss, and to give a currency consinensurate 'to the wants and commerce of the country.'• Colonel DAVIES rose, but on being asked by the Sot Ana: It whether he seconded die motion, the Honourable and Gallant Cc' donel replied that it WAS not his intention to second the into.. Lion, but he was atlxiotis to uddress the House before at went into a Committee. Mr. ELLICE said he would second the motion of his Hon. Friend (Mr. Hume) with the greatest s pleasure not because he altogether approved of th e terms o f the amen d ment; but •itt order that the proposition of his Hon. Friend might come NW, before the 'tense ; because he considered that, before the V il x ° c u l s le e q a t t l i er e , n t t l e i t e l y i° sli t t ° }ul t t h i e ili P re w c p t ° tl s t i et n att ar ent t i l tTn t t o li t a h n e gf W l l l it t le ° lac ti t l if that bore upon the question. Colonel DAVIE'S said, that his Honourable Fflend ( Mr- Hume) had adopted, to the fullest extent, the principles and daviritiinnend p a perOla-lr.i c t u icat rr r e t n lo c , y, t p h r a o t , t i i d l was the no differe b"" 1 nce `" upon demand into gold. But to this, th l 4le Pe w r his obvious answer, that we had u currency, of that kind, and still we felt Inc inconvenience in the pressure of th e embarnuonents that surroundezi us. Ills Honourable Friend t w it tardier es pressed himself favourable to a phut of Mutters moldni; ilePosit* AS e had trequent ton. o security for the amount An' their issues. versations with many Bunkers upon this subject, an d b e , oata inform the House that they were one and 411 appose to. NUCh gold. By tho Book thus having th e plan. He objected to the scheme of the Chau of the Emile. . 1104 f or , if it Auxteetlo4, it WOllla enable the Bonk of E ng l an d 1 1 ‘ti i i wi l :. 'c :o wal co v'neY ol i cai n o it t Yu t) I :4 le u as :it w w it o b ::: have ileac `4lstcoltvertibie of sates it r